Elections Information – Coral Reef High School

CUDAS………

SGA is opening up the application process for those students interested in becoming an SGA or a Class Officer for the 2024-2025 school year.

There will be a mandatory zoom meeting on Monday, April 29th at 2:30 pm. If you have questions, TODAYS THE DAY TO ASK

ALL APPLICATIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS ARE DUE BY WEDNESDAY, MAY 1^st

Once you are cleared to run and all your requirements have been submitted, you will receive an email letting you know you can run for SGA. Campaigning does not begin until May 10th, and you cannot post anything until you are cleared.

Please Note:

You must have at least a 3.0 GPA to apply.

You must be willing to stay after school, attend meetings on/off campus, come in on Saturdays, take work home and be responsible for your classwork/home learning at all times.

Candidates cannot have lower than a “B” in any academic class, must have 1’s in effort in all classes and “A” in conduct for all classes

You must not be on any sort of probation (academic, academy, behavior, attendance, etc).  Applicants must not be on probation while holding office. If you are placed on probation for any reason while on SGA, you will have to resign your officer position for the remainder of the year.

All position applications must be accompanied by 1 academic teacher, Your Academy Lead Teacher and Your Academy counselor recommendations (SO 3 IN TOTAL).  Once you have applied you will need to email your teachers a request to submit your recommendation. Any applications missing the required 3 recommendations will be null & void. It is your responsibility to make sure the three recommendations are submitted. All teachers and counselors will receive the link from me, you just need to email them to fill it out.

Candidates cannot have more than 5 unexcused absences or 10 tardies in the 2023-2024 school year.

You can only apply for 1 position listed in this email, so choose carefully!

SGA Open Positions (and requirements) – Must be an upcoming Senior

SGA President (must be an upcoming Senior and must have already been a part of SGA/Class for a minimum of 1 year)
SGA VP (must have leadership experience)
SGA Secretary
SGA Treasurer
SGA Project Manager
SGA Athletic Liaison
SGA Historian/Social Media (must be good at social media posts and video editing)
SGA Academy Liaison
SGA Event Coordinator (must have strong communication skills)

Class Open Positions (and requirements)

SENIORS

Senior Class President (must have already been part of Student Government)
Senior Class VP
Senior Class Secretary
Senior Class Treasurer
Senior Class Historian (must be good at social media posts and video editing)
Senior Executive Advisor

JUNIORS

Junior Class President (must have leadership experience)
Junior Class VP
Junior Class Secretary
Junior Class Treasurer
Junior Historian (must be good at social media posts and video editing)
Junior Executive Advisor
Event Coordinator
Junior SGA Liason

SOPHOMORES

Sophomore Class President
Sophomore Class VP
Sophomore Class Secretary
Sophomore Class Treasurer
Sophomore Historian (must be good at social media posts and video editing)
SGA Sophomore Liaison
Sophomore Advisor

Position Description

President

To educate and enforce all rules and regulations on the SGA Constitution
Oversee all SGA and class events 
Communicate with all members 
Communicate with administration
Say Pledge each morning
Communicate with CRTV Live 
Coordinate Pep Rallies
Coordinate Junior Ring Ceremony, Honor Cord and Graduation Ceremony with Activities Director
Assist with Magnet Fair 
Assist with all Class meetings
Assist with all Homecoming events
Help coordinate Leadership conference in February
Coordinate attendance for DSGA meetings 
Attend all EESAC Meetings (SGA President only)

Vice President

To be responsible for creating a monthly calendar of events (in Activities Office, social media, and potential bulletin boards, etc.)
Help promote school spirit and school athletic involvement 
Assist with Club Day
Assist with College Fair 
Assist with Awards Assembly
Plans monthly appreciation for teachers, administration, & staff.
Assist with Holiday events and Teacher Appreciation week
Sends thank you notes to all those who help with Student Council activities.
In charge of Bulletin Boards being updated every couple of months.  Seniors should be updated each month 
Assist with Women Leaders Breakfast

Historian

To ensure that pictures are taken at every School and SGA event. 
To create a Scrapbook for the school year highlighting all the year events.for their class and school
To schedule filming of every SGA event.
Edit videos for school events
Coordinate with CRTV Live 
Social Media for Class and school wide events
Coordinate Values Matter each month
Promote class sales of any kind (shirts, ring sales, class trips, homecoming etc.)

Secretary

To be responsible for acknowledging birthdays of Student Council members at monthly meetings and monthly calendar
Take minutes at each meeting and filing in SGA binder
Take notes of each SGA and Class events and submit Event form in binder 
In charge of SGA binder 
To ensure that all clubs have scheduled their meetings and turn in their paperwork
Coordinate with Athletics office to help promote teams and upcoming games

Project Manager

To publicize all Student Government activities, through posters & commercials.
To oversee all material displayed in school.
To be in charge of the general school bulletin boards.
To maintain bulletin board outside the activities office to promote student involvement in SGA events
Oversee Hallway Decorations 
To coordinate Homecoming Tailgate event and other Spirit promoting events throughout the year
Help with Assistant Principals, Counselor and Secretary Appreciation week
Keep the storage room organized

SGA Liason

To serve as a liaison between PTSA & SGA

To serve as liaison between Academies and SGA

Serve as Liaison between Athletics and SGA

Attends all PTSA meetings.

To assist in recruiting parent volunteers throughout the year.

To communicate with SGA in reference to PTSA events.

Liaison between SGA and Administration

Executive Advisor

To oversee community service hours

To coordinate Events with SGA and Faculty .

To coordinate all Student Government Service projects.

Plans and coordinates all United Way-sponsored drives and events

Keep account of officer attendance and attendance forms in binder

Help Ms Gilman with College and scholarship information for Seniors

Assist with Graduation planning

Event Coordinator

To assist Activities Director in all projects sponsored by Student Council during Homecoming week

To advertise for SGA school sponsored projects

To plan the Student Council annual Holiday Party, and any other functions at the discretion of the Student Council Sponsor/Activities Director

Set up SGA bondings

Coordinate Kick off to Testing Battle of the Classes

Assist with Pep Rally set up

Promote Spirit Week

Promote Senior Week

Help with First week of school events

Help with Lunch events – 1^st Friday of each month

Treasurer

Coordinate collection of money for class sponsored sales

Assist with treasurer paperwork – fundraiser form, operating report, etc.

Count money after each collection

Research fundraisers

Promote magazine sales fundraiser

Promote class shirt sales

Attend all EESAC meetings (SGA Treasurers only- take turn)

Each officer is expected to participate in all SGA and Class sponsored events throughout the year.

Rules in using Social Media to Campaign

Campaigning and Voting

Campaign week will begin May 6th.

Preliminary Voting will be May 8^th-12^th

Runoffs will be May 13^th – 17^th

Interviews for top 2 candidates will be May 13^th – 15^th

Announcement will be made May 20th

Reminders

CAMPAIGNING WILL BE DONE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA

ALL SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS MUST BE APPROVED BY SGA COMMITTEE (email either of the SGA sponsors)

ALL SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING HASTAGS…

#reefsga2024 #reefdoesitbetter

POSTS MUST HAVE YOUR NAME AND POSITION YOU ARE RUNNING FOR

PICTURES MUST BE APPROPRIATE AND YOUR MUST BE WEARING SCHOOL APPROVED CLOTHING. FOR EXAMPLE WEARING A BIKINI AT THE POOL = NOT APPROPRIATE!

YOU CANNOT CAMPAIGN WITH SOMEONE AS A PARTNER – YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN.

YOU CANNOT POST ANYTHING NEGATIVE ABOUT ANOTHER CANDIDATE.

IF YOUR FRIENDS ARE PROMOTING YOU AND POSTING ABOUT YOU, THE POST MUST FOLLOW ALL THE RULES ABOVE AND MUST HAVE ALL THE HASHTAGS AND TAGS. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE YOUR FRIENDS FOLLOW THE RULES OR YOU RISK NOT BEING ALLOWED TO RUN

YOU CANNOT REFER TO OR IMPLY ANYTHING ABOUT ANOTHER CANDIDATE IN YOUR POST

YOU MUST TAG CORAL REEF ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM FOR ANYTHING YOUR POST. IF YOU ARE POSTING ON SNAPCHAT,, YOUTUBE, TIKTOK OR ANY OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLET, YOU MUST EMAIL MS SANTALO, MS LATHAM OR MS MAYOR WHATS BEEN POSTED PRIOR TO POSTING ANYTHING AND YOU MUST USE ALL THE HASHTAGS

Good Luck Everyone!

Should you have any questions, not covered in this email please do not hesitate to email, do not assume anything.

SINCERELY,

Student Government Association:

 Mrs. Santalo (SGA & Senior Class Sponsor):

Mrs Rebecca Santalo
Student Government and Senior Class Sponsor
bsantalodance@dadeschools.net

Mrs Ashley Latham
Junior Class Sponsor
alatham@dadeschools.net

Mrs Yliuska Mayor
Sophomore Class SponsorMrs. Mayor (Sophomore Class)
ymayor@dadeschools.net